Although, I'm a member of a rare breed around here, I actually liked Unity DE before 12.10. 12.04 LTS was much cleaner, and much less junk-ridden* than 14.04.

I haven't seen too many people who like Ubuntu's Shopping Lens. In fact, I haven't heard of anyone who likes it. Do you think Ubuntu will continue down this path? Or might Canonical wake up and begin to listen to its users again -- and rid itself of this Amazon and shopping lens nonsense?* As if we really need Ubuntu's help in order to find something to buy on Amazon -- please! This is such a turnoff to Ubuntu.

At the very least, Unity's Shopping Lens should be an opt-in instead of an opt-out experience, but, from what I can see, Ubuntu would be better served to rid itself of this Amazon/Shopping Lens bloatware altogether. The people hate it. And even if it passes ICO's data smell test, it certainly doesn't pass my smell test as an end user.

*These are my, perknh's, opinions and observations here, and mine alone -- nothing more, and these opinions of mine do not reflect Peppermint OS's stand on anything at all.